"It is the faith in something, " Translation exercise.

Question

It is the faith in something , and enthusiasm for something that can make life worth living.

Es la fe en algo, y entusiasmo por algo que puede hacer la vida vale la pena vivir.

Please correct my sentence. And tell me what gives you the drive and enthusiasm for life.

Oliver Wendel Holmes.

" Advice on the Prairie. 1853. William Ranney . 1813 1857. - ray76, Apr 1, 2012

Answer 1

Hi Ray

If I had been asked to translate your phrase I would have said,

Es la fe/confianza que existe en algo, y el entusiasmo por algo que da la vida tiene sentido para mí.

Let's see what a native speaker comes up with.

Thanks Eddy , it is again one of those easy sentences which are full of traps , I am just hoping that it will get members thinking and translating. - ray76, Apr 1, 2012

Answer 2

It is the faith in something , and enthusiasm for something that can make life worth living.

Lo que hace que la vida vale la pena vivirla es tener fé e entusiasmo por algo.

A rough effort.. Difficult sentence, Ray.

Good challenge. Thanks for keeping up your efforts.

It's only another variant...I don't know if it's anywhere near right. - annierats, Apr 1, 2012

A very good effort , you have found as I have that these simple sentences are very difficult to make sense of , but we must strive to do just that. thanks Anierats. - ray76, Apr 1, 2012

ray, I no longer think there is such a thing as a simple Spanish sentence.. - annierats, Apr 1, 2012

You are so right annierats , that mind set has bitten me on the posterior a few times not . From now on I shall treat ," buenas días " as a tricky sentence , incidentally did I get it correct? - ray76, Apr 1, 2012

"now " - ray76, Apr 1, 2012

Answer 3

Hi Ray,

I would say: Es la fe en algo y el entusiasmo por algo los que hacen que la vida valga la pena vivirla.

Thank you frankobollo, that simplifies it a lot and makes more sense of it , - ray76, Apr 1, 2012

Yes, that seems neat. - annierats, Apr 1, 2012